Garment



1942- F. 'w. BRYANT I 2,306,354

GARMENT Filed Dec. 27, 1940 Patented Dec. 22, 1942 UNETED STATES ATEMT OFF-ICE GARMENT Frederick W. Bryant, Montclair, J. Application December 27, 1940-, Serial No. 371,964

2 Claims. (01. 2-95) The invention relates to garments intended to represent and give the appearance that the wearer has on two conventional ones, usually a coat and shirt, although the elements of my garment may be varied in appearance to simulate other garments, as will be understood from the following detailed description.

It is an object of this invention'to simplify and perfect a garment of this type in one piece,

whereby the manufacture, sale, and wear and laundering of the garment may be greatly facilitated, and liability of accidental displacement or faulty appearance will be minimized to a large degree. It is an important aim of the invention to eliminate the need for the use of certain ele ments heretofore required in attempts to produce combination garments, and it is also an aim to present the invention in such form that it may be readily embodied in a garment of stylish appearance and good effect.

I am well aware of prior efforts to produce combination garments having an aim of giving an appearance to the wearer of having on two complete garments, although one of them is incomplete, such as a coat and jabot, or dickey, and arrangements by which these devices are worn under a garment made of shirt material or other material, to give the appearance of a coat over the fragmentary garment.

As compared to prior methods in this direction, 1

my invention has certain peculiar advantages in function and eliminating numerous fastenings at closures and elsewhere, so that the cost of producing the article as well as the time required in donning it are materially reduced.

Additional object, advantages and features of invention reside in the construction, arrangement and combination of parts involved in the embodiment of the invention, as will be more readily understood from the following description and accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a view of one embodiment of the garment as it appears from the front.

Figure 2 is a rear view thereof.

Figure 3 is a front View of the shirt-simulating piece.

Figure 4 is an elevation of the garment from the front and partly to one side, and showing a modification in the lapel and collar construction.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary front view of a modification of the garment.

Figure 6 is a similar view showing a further modification and illustrating the appearance of the garment as worn.

There is illustrated a garment comprising'esa collar.

sentially a main outer body portion l0, conforming generally to the appearance of a coat, and a permanently attached portion H, which simulates the front portion of a shirt, and is visible through the opening in the upper part of the body garment, as may be seen from the drawing referred to.

The body garment is made up of a back portion i2, and right andleft front sections i3 and M, respectively, the pattern and cut of which generally are made to resemble a coat of desirable form.

The body gar-ment in the present instance has the back section I2 joined to the front pieces 53 and M at the usual side seams, and at the top of the garment a yoke it forms a connection between the top of the back piece l2 and the top edges of the front sections I3 and I4, The back and front pieces may be cut properly to permit attachment of sleeves i5 thereto, which are preferably cut to a coat pattern, and the garment may have breast pockets ll and side pockets It, or other coat features as desired, the garment being cut in conformity with conventional practice in attaining proper fullness for the style of coat which it is desired to represent. The front pieces are also formed with lapel extensions IS; the lower portions of which may conform to conventional cut in the production of lapels in clothes, but the upper portions of which depart radically from such practice in that beyond the notch Zll, customarily formed, and which the present instance may conform to conventional practice, the outer edge of'the lapel in the garment of Figure 1-, is extended inwardly at a much greater inclination to the fold 22 than inconventional practice, so that this edge 2! intersects the fold 22" approximately at the point of attachment of the front section to the yoke It, at the shoulder seam 23, which extends from the neck of the body garment to the junction of the sleeve therewith.

other forms of the garment, however, this cut of the lapel may be varied more in accordance with conventional practice, so that the upper end of the lapel is broad above the notch, at the shoulder seam, as shown'at 24 in Figure 4, and a. collar piece 25 may be stitched onto the yoke 16, extending entirely around the opening in the garment, so as to form a junction with the upper lapel end on each side, and simulate This may be an integral part of the yoke i6, either turned down over the body portion of the yoke, as an extended edge portion thereof, or it may be simulated by themere formation of a seam 26 from the junction of the lapel with the yoke at the seam 23' of Figure 4, which corresponds to the seam 23 of Figure l.

The parts of the garments referred to are cut with suiiicient fullness to permit the front edges of the pieces I3 and I4 to overlap at the front, and contrary to prior practice in such garments, both of the pieces I3 and I4 at their meeting edges are formed with button-holes 21, which are arranged in alinement on each side of the garment, the holes in one front piece being so arranged as to register with those of the other front piece when the meeting edges are laid over.

each other, for a special function and purpose to be made plain hereinafter.

The shirt-simulating portion I I of thegarment is formed in two breast pieces 30 and 3|, at the right and left of the garment, respectively, andthis portion of the garment is permanently attached to the body garment I0, before mentioned. Each of the sections 30 and 3| are of similar outline, being lapped on a central line in alinement with the lap of the sections I3 and I4, of the body garment, the section 30 of the shirt element having a series of buttons 32 secured thereon, while the section 3I is formed with a series of button holes 33, at the lower part, intermediate button holes 34 near the upper part, and a button hole 35 at the upper end or neck portion of the garment, as at 35. The button holes 33 in the lower part of the member 3| are formed in the horizontal direction, while the button holes 34 extend vertically parallel to the inner edge of the piece, while the button hole 35 extends horizontally in accordance with customary practice in neck-bands and shirts and the like. I

A complete collar 36 is provided, without a neck band, however, the upper edge portion of the collar being attached to the upper end edges of the pieces 30-3I at the forwardends of the collar, the lower edges of the collar being left loose and free at the points 31, while from the seams 23 of the garment the lower edge of the collar is attached to the yoke It at the junction therewith of the front sections I3 and I4 of the garment, and the junction of the lapel, as well will be understood. As a result, when the garment is viewed from the front, the lapel appears to be continued under the collar 36, while as viewed from the rear, the collar appears as a collar on the body garment, which it is in fact, although in front the front portion of the collar appears to be a collar on a separate shirt garment under the body garment.

If desired, the style and cut of the garment may be varied, so that the front portions may conform to different styles of collars, or may simulate sports-shirt or other shirt patterns, as shown in Figure 5, the collar otherwise however, conforming to the description above given. The points of the collar in this figure, as indicated at 3'! extend outwardly over the lapels as familiar in sports shirts, but the outer edges of the points being extended to the same junction 39 as in the first described collar form. From that point it has its outer edge attached to the yoke I6, as before indicated.

In the wearing of this garment, a loop device 40 may be provided at the inner sides of the section 30 of the shirt portion, and through this a handkerchief or other kerchief or tie device 4I may be engaged, and drawn over the forward part of the collar, or tied as desired, to give a dressed appearance to the tout en semble."

the section I4 of the body garment.

A good effect is in some instances attained by forming the body garment of materials distinctive in color or pattern from the goods of the portion II, although both parts may be formed of similar goods, if desired. The section 30 of the shirt portion is formed with an outer or lateral edge 42 (this section in one size of garment need only be approximately in the neighborhood of four inches in width), and this edge 42 is permanently secured to the inner face of the front section i3jby'suitable stitching. The section 3| is of similar form, its lateral edge 43 being likewise permanently stitched to the inner face of The upper ends of the pieces 30-3I terminate at edges 44, at the line of the seam 23 in the body garment,

' and they are joined in the seam 23 with the meeting edges of the front sections I3 and I4 and the yoke I6, with a single seam, so that the one operation of forming the seam 23 efiects the securement of the upper ends of the shirt elements, the front sections I3 and I4 to the yoke I6. The edges 42 and 43 of the shirt portions lie outwardly of the folds 22 of the lapels, in the present instance, so that these folds of the lapel lie loosely over the shirt-simulating pieces throughout the length of the folds, and the seams by which the shirt-simulating pieces are attached to the body garment at the edges 42 and 43 are concealed behind the lapels for a distance, and below the lapels by the edges of the pockets H, in case these are employed.

It should be also noted that the buttons and button holes 32 and 33 of the shirt-simulating section I0 are arranged in the same spacing as the button holes 21 of the body garment, and are also arranged to register with the last named button holes, so that after the shirt is buttoned, some of the same buttons may be engaged outwardly through the button holes 21, securing the edges of the body garment together. For this reason, the lower buttons which are thus utilized, are preferably distinct from those in the upper portion of the shirt simulating garment, and are here represented as being of a larger size, and a design corresponding to that of coat buttons, while the buttons in the upper part of the shirt-simulating portions correspond to conventional shirt buttons.

In certain forms of the garment the lapel may be omitted, so that the body garment has more the appearance of a jacket, but in such case, as shown in Figure 6, the inner edge portions of the front pieces I3 and I4 corresponding to those I3 and I 4, before described, extend to the junction 39.

While I have described with great particularity the manner of producing the invention in certain forms, it will be understood that these are exemplary, and that various other modifications in pattern, proportions, relation of parts, construction and arrangement and substitution of equivalents may be made without departing from the spirit of the inventionQas more particularly set forth in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A one-piece garment comprising a body portion adapted to encircle the body of a wearer, and havingan open front, the edges of which are adapted to lap, and constructed to represent an outer garment, and an inner portion constructed to represent an under garment having respective side portions permanently fixed to the side portions of the body garment at the inner sides and arranged to lap at meeting edges, the upper edges of said side portions being fixed to the shoulder of the body garment and of a length stopping approximately midway of the length of the outer garment, the meeting edge of one side portion being formed with button holes therein and the other having aligned buttons to engage therethrough, and said body garment having button holes on each of its meeting edge portions at the front arranged to register with lowermost buttons of said shirt portion and to receive the latter, the buttons of said shirt portion under said last named button holes being of a large size, while the buttons of the upper portion of said shirt portion are of a smaller size, for the purposes described.

2. A one-piece garment comprising a body portion adapted to encircle the body of a wearer, and having an open front, the edges of which are adapted to lap, and constructed to represent an outer garment, and an inner portion constructed to represent an under garment, having respective side portions permanently fixed to the side portions of the body garment at the inner sides and arranged to lap at meeting edges, terminating at the shoulder of the body garment and being there attached to the latter, and of a length stopping approximately midway of the outer garment, and a collar attached by its upper edge at its forward part to respective edges of the shirtsirnulating part, and at its intermediate lower edge portions to a back portion of the body garment, the meeting edge of one side portion being formed with button holes therein and the other having aligned buttons to engage therethrough, and said body garment having button holes on each of its meeting edge portions at the front arranged to register with lowermost buttons of said shirt portion, and to receive the latter, the buttons of said shirt portion under the last named button holes being of a large size, while the buttons of the upper portion of said shirt portion are of smaller size, for the purpose described.

FREDERICK W. BRYANT. 

